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Want to be president of Mexico? There's an app for that

  • Written by Ana C. de Alba, PhD Candidate at The Fletcher School, Tufts University

When Mexicans go to the polls to elect their next president in July, their choices will include — for the first time in history — independent candidates with no political party affiliation.

Last fall, 48 independent aspirants threw their hats in the presidential ring, hoping to cash in on widespread anger at the Mexican political...

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3 key quotes from Trump's first State of the Union, explained

  • Written by Steven Pressman, Professor of Economics, Colorado State University

Editor’s note: President Donald Trump, in his first State of the Union address, took credit for a growing economy, urged Congress to invest more in infrastructure and defense and promoted an immigration plan that ties citizenship for Dreamers to border security and an end to family-based migration. During the 80-minute speech – the...

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Why Amazon and friends' plan could be a major disrupter of health care system

  • Written by J.B. Silvers, Professor of Health Finance, Weatherhead School of Management & School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University

Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway and JPMorgan Chase’s announcement that they will create an independent company to offer health care to their employees “free from profit-making incentives and constraints” sent a shock through the health care industry, with share prices of some incumbents tumbling on Jan. 30.

Of course, this is not a...

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Trump's path to citizenship for 1.8 million will leave out nearly half of all Dreamers

  • Written by Kevin Johnson, Dean and Professor of Public Interest Law and Chicana/o Studies, University of California, Davis
Anxiously awaiting the State of the UnionAP Photo/Susan Walsh

Which “Dreamers” will be given legal recourse to stay in the U.S., and which ones will be left out?

This is the central question surrounding current debate in Washington over a group of undocumented immigrants who were brought to the U.S. as children. The scramble for a...

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Can scientists learn to make 'nature forecasts' just as we forecast the weather?

  • Written by Michael Dietze, Associate Professor of Earth and Environment, Boston University
Images created by NASA with satellite data helped the U.S. Department of Agriculture analyze outbreak patterns for southern pine beetles in Alabama, in spring 2016.NASA

Imagine that spring has finally arrived and you’re planning your weekend. The weather forecast looks great. You could go to the beach – but what if it’s closed...

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Talent doesn't explain the success of the Patriots and Eagles

  • Written by Kyle Emich, Assistant Professor of Management, University of Delaware
Patriots head coach Bill Belichick talks to players during a game against the New Orleans Saints on Sept. 17, 2017.AP Photo/Butch Dill

The New England Patriots lost their best wide receiver to an ACL tear before the season started. Two months later, Patriots defensive captain and Pro Bowl linebacker Dont'a Hightower tore his pectoral muscle, ending...

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California's other drought: A major earthquake is overdue

  • Written by Richard Aster, Professor of Geophysics, Colorado State University
Fires break out across San Francisco after the April 18, 1906 earthquake.USGS

California earthquakes are a geologic inevitability. The state straddles the North American and Pacific tectonic plates and is crisscrossed by the San Andreas and other active fault systems. The magnitude 7.9 earthquake that struck off Alaska’s Kodiak Island on Jan....

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The art of the public apology

  • Written by Ashraf Rushdy, Benjamin Waite Professor of the English Language, Wesleyan University
What does it mean when public figures say sorry?AP Photo/Paul Sancya

Just prior to his sentencing, former USA Gymnastics physician Larry Nassar formally apologized to the more than 160 women whom he’d sexually abused. He joins a growing list. Over the past few months, many public personalitiesaccused of sexual assaulthave apologized in...

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The hidden history of black nationalist women's political activism

  • Written by Keisha N. Blain, Assistant Professor of History, University of Pittsburgh
Amy Jacques Garvey with her husband, Marcus

Black History Month is an opportunity to reflect on the historical contributions of black people in the United States. Too often, however, this history focuses on black men, sidelining black women and diminishing their contributions.

This is true in mainstream narratives of black nationalist movements in...

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Nassar's abuse reflects more than 50 years of men's power over female athletes

  • Written by Anne Blaschke, Visiting Assistant Professor of History, College of the Holy Cross

“You’ve got a lucky boyfriend.” These were the words the physician’s assistant conducting my gynecological exam in 1998 uttered as he suggestively smiled down at me over my paper gown. I lay on the exam table, 20 years old, wondering what to say back. Feeling angry, embarrassed and violated, I called my mom afterward. We...

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  2. Promising male birth control pill has its origin in an arrow poison
  3. Why ignoring mental health needs of young Syrian refugees could harm us all
  4. Why it's too soon for Davos billionaires to toast Trump's 'pro-business' policies
  5. Presidential corruption verdict shows just how flawed Brazil's justice system is
  6. Trump's travel ban is just one of many US policies that legalize discrimination against Muslims
  7. Millions of refugees could benefit from big data – but we're not using it
  8. What happened at Davos? 8 essential reads
  9. How should we decide what to do?
  10. Why don't STEM majors vote as much as others?
  11. Corporate sponsors of Olympians enter the #MeToo fray
  12. Artificial intelligence is the weapon of the next Cold War
  13. Violent past, digital future: Angela Merkel's remarks at Davos
  14. Macron calls for a 'global contract' at Davos
  15. Davos grapples with inequality
  16. What Trump’s every-country-for-itself rhetoric gets wrong about Davos
  17. 3 strategies today's activist women share with their foremothers
  18. Inside North Korea's literary fiction factory
  19. Does America have a caste system?
  20. Can mirrors boost solar panel output - and help overcome Trump's tariffs?
  21. The comeback and dangers of the drug GHB
  22. Treasury Secretary Mnuchin's weak-dollar myopia is dangerous
  23. Macron's pledge to wipe out coal is just as meaningless as Trump's plan to revive it
  24. Fossil jawbone from Israel is the oldest modern human found outside Africa
  25. Why climate change is worsening public health problems
  26. The state of the US solar industry: 5 questions answered
  27. For a North Korean refugee raising her kids in the UK, the past is never far
  28. I visited the Rohingya refugee camps and here is what Bangladesh is doing right
  29. How secure is your data when it's stored in the cloud?
  30. The hidden health inequalities that American Indians and Alaskan Natives face
  31. The world on a billionaire's budget
  32. Don't automate the fun out of life
  33. Look up at the super blue blood full moon Jan. 31 – here's what you'll see and why
  34. 4 things you need to know right now to protect yourself from the flu
  35. How talented kids from low-income families become America's 'Lost Einsteins'
  36. DACA isn't just about social justice – legalizing Dreamers makes economic sense too
  37. Successful businesses need proactive leadership – and so does Congress
  38. Is it time for a 21st-century version of 'The Day After'?
  39. Is a unified Korea possible?
  40. Unrest in Iran will continue until religious rule ends
  41. Spanish use is steady or dropping in US despite high Latino immigration
  42. When it comes to your health, where you live matters
  43. Medicaid work requirements could cost the government more in the long run
  44. Another continuing resolution won't solve the real problem within the Republican Party
  45. Healthy to eat, unhealthy to grow: Strawberries embody the contradictions of California agriculture
  46. There are better ways to foster solar innovation and save jobs than Trump's tariffs
  47. What are chronophilias?
  48. Is attraction to an age group another kind of sexual orientation?
  49. What might explain the unhappiness epidemic?
  50. Guarding against the possible Spectre in every machine